Posts tagged with "Commissioner James Gordon"

It’s now been some months since the news first broke that Fox had acquired Bruno Heller’s Gotham, conceived as a kind of origin story for DC’s much-loved Jim Gordon character, along with several Batman supervillains. Since mid-February though, anticipation for the series has been growing, with a series of casting updates. Following these, a full synopsis for the show has now been revealed, along with the official logo shown above.
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Variety has revealed a series of new casting updates for Fox‘s upcoming Gotham series, including classic villain The Penguin and Bruce Wayne‘s faithful, father-like butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
First off, Oswald Cobblepot, better known as supervillain The Penguin, will be played by Robin Lord Taylor, who has previously appeared in episodes of The Walking Dead and Life on Mars, as well as the film Another Earth. At the point at which we...

Back in September, a heated bidding war ended in Fox‘s acquirement of a new TV series set in DC‘s Gotham City, the fictional home of Batman. At the time, it was explained that the show, developed by The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller, would focus on Commissioner James Gordon and the villains who made Gotham famous before Batman’s appearance. In an announcement made earlier this week, however, Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly confirmed...